Treble hooks on poppers/diving lures

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Whilst doubles and trebles of today are strong and of better quality and of course some lures (minnow/stick/popper) are designed around them I just hate the damage they do to small Kings and releasable fish and with these type of lures we use two.
 
So I would rather run singles or at least one double if I have to.
 
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if you are having trouble with the weight on your poppers and stickbaits by using singles then change to smaller Hayes hook's. they are pretty heavy and work well on lures that need more weight in the water.
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Originally posted by marx marx wrote:

I'll be putting trebles back on my mini- poppers and will crush one or two of the barbs.

Definitely stuffs up the action as the kevlar assists I've been using turn the poppers on there side.
crush all the barbs dood and be careful to use trebles of similar size if upgrading to owner(very strong) ones for example...If you go bigger it could  ruin the action of the popperWink
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if you think about it the treble hooks is creating drag in the water which in turn keeps the lure running the the right way up... this helps the action of the lure do what it designed to do best....

so adding weigh to these areas to counter the removal of the trebles is recommended...
either you replace it so the single hook is pointed down in a fixed position ie rubber band or some other fixture grove in the body....  trail and error is the key, get it right or your wasting your time....
   
  
     
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